James Cotton's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 15559 games
James Cotton, from England, has 9 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, James Cotton most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White4 games · +2 =0 −2 · 50%
As Black5 games · +0 =1 −4 · 10%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense100%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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